Doctor Soraluce
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- Sep 28, 2017
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I don't mind the lack of hitting in the regular season. Rather the guys stay healthy. In the playoffs though you have to hit. They couldn't hit the Avs because they either were injured or they couldn't catch them. The blues were just bigger and more single minded about it. They took over the series because of it.Man. I think you could say that for majority of our forwards and D-men. They let skaters just skate by without an ounce of physical contact.
I don't even care about being a team like LA that feels the need to hit anything that moves but I definitely think contact like that will wear a team down over a series. A hit at the right time in the D-zone will often cause the puck carrier to turn it over or slow them down. I felt like we did that fairly well in the Vegas series but then just stopped doing it.
Also, this is something that is pretty much invisible during the regular season except a few guys.
Almost certain he sat because of injury toward the end. He got absolutely crushed a few times in the blues series and fell awkwardly. PDB even said something about a little guy like him needing a break to recharge because of the physicality. I think that was code for him being f***ed up and needing to recover a little before he could go again.Hasn't been mentioned but .. Was there anything physically wrong with Sorensen ?